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JULY 2009
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CLOVIS
POINT
This Clovis point was found in 1962 by heavy equipment operator Donald
Colby. He found the point during reservoir construction. The Colby site
was later named after Donald Colby, the discoverer of the site. This is
the largest complete example. A total of four Clovis points were found
on the site. All of the Colby Clovis points have rounded bases. THE COLBY SITE
The Colby site is located on private property in north central Wyoming in the Bighorn Basin.
This important site was named after Donald Colby who discovered the first
Clovis spear point there in 1962. Mr. Colby found it while using heavy
earth moving equipment during the construction of a reservoir. The Colby site was first recognized
as an important archaeological site when the first scientific
excavations began to take place there in 1973. Most of the site was eventually
excavated during five separate digging seasons between the
years 1973 through 1978. |
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JUNE 2009
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STEMMED POINT This arrow point was found on the Auvernier site in Lake Neuchatel in western Switzerland. The Auvernier site is a lake dwelling site that dates approximately from 4,000 BC to 500 BC. This stemmed point dates sometime between the Middle Neolithic period to the Early Bronze Age. Stemmed arrow points are found on Stone Age sites in many areas of the world. They represent one of the more common forms of projectile points. Ferdinand Keller illustrated three different shapes of arrow points in his book on Swiss “Lake Dwellings,” and refers to this style as "the most artistic of all." Some examples of stone arrow points were found still attached to a shaft with pitch and “thread.” This point is made from good quality chert and it measures 1 5/16 inches (3.3 cm) long.
This picture shows three views of the original stemmed arrow point from the Auvernier site in western Switzerland. |
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MAY 2009
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CARVED This small bifacially flaked and carved human effigy was collected in northwestern Peru. It's believed to be a Chimu culture artifact that dates to sometime between 1000 and 1470 AD. The carving shows a human with his hands folded together over his stomach. The same figure is deeply carved onto the surface of both sides. The overall shape and size conforms to an average size projectile point but it must have been an item of importance. The carved figure probably represents some type of mythological being. It may have been hafted onto a shaft or it might have been worn as some type of jewelry. There are no sharp edges along the carved lines. The stone is semi-translucent in some areas and opaque in others. It appears to be good quality chert. It has been in contact with copper at one time. On one side of the head there are large spots of patina that are dark green. This engraved biface measures 2 1/8 inches (5.3 cm) long.
This picture shows three views of this carved human figure on a small bifacially flaked point. |
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APRIL
2009 CAST |
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EDEN POINT This Eden point was found on the Finley bison kill site in Sweetwater County near Eden, Wyoming sometime in the 1940's. It's very well made with uniform collateral pressure flaking and a diamond cross-section. The point has a burin type break from an impact. This Eden point dates to the Paleo-Indian period and it was probably propelled through the air with a throwing stick (atlatl). It's made from a semi-translucent dark amber colored chert and measures 3 9/16 inches (9 cm) long. THE FINLEY BISON KILL SITE
The Finley site is a Paleo-Indian bison kill site. It was discovered in
1939 by O.M. Finley. Various excavations of the site in the 1940's
produced 24 projectile points. Six were classified as Scottsbluff points,
and eight as Eden points. One complete Cody knife was also found. EDEN POINTS
Eden
points were first discovered in Yuma County, Colorado blow-outs
during the 1930's but none were found in situ until the spring of
1940 when Harold J. Cook spent several days digging in a site
discovered by O. M. Finley. The Eden point was named by H. M.
Wormington after the town of Eden, Wyoming. The Eden type site was
named the Finley site in honor of O. M. Finley who discovered it. |
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MARCH
2009 CAST |
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BONE FISHHOOK
This bone fishhook was found
several years ago on the
Cahokia Mounds Historic site. It was discovered during the excavation of
the stockade wall. It appears to be made of deer bone and possibly from
the toe bone of a deer.
An estimated date for this fishhook is somewhere between A.D. 900 to
A.D. 1300. |
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FEBRUARY
2009 CAST |
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CLOVIS POINT This Clovis point was found in 1868 in Union County, Illinois. It was collected many years ago by H. M. Whelpley of St. Louis, Missouri. It's made from sugar Quartz that might be Hixton from Wisconsin and measures 4 1/2 inches long. This is a very nice example of an eastern style Clovis point. Both flutes are 2 inches (5.1 cm) long. The flutes are also wide and deep.
This picture shows both sides of the original Clovis point from Union County, Illinois. |
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JANUARY
2009 CAST |
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CLOVIS
POINT This Clovis point was found during the excavation of the Colby mammoth kill site in 1975. It was found within a short distance of a mammoth rib bone. This Clovis point is the only “classic” example found on the Colby site. The other three Clovis points found on the site have rounded corners and deep concave bases that almost look like large notches. This point was resharpened at least one or more times. Evidence of this can be seen on one side in the form of an impact fracture that was partially removed when it was last re-pointed. This Clovis point is made of a dull blue colored semi-translucent Phosphoria chert and measures 2 3/8 inches (6 cm) long. THE COLBY SITE
The Colby site is located on private property in north central Wyoming in the Bighorn Basin.
This important site was named after Donald Colby who discovered the first
Clovis spear point there in 1962. Mr. Colby found it while using heavy
earth moving equipment during the construction of a reservoir. The Colby site was first recognized
as an important archaeological site when the first scientific
excavations began to take place there in 1973. Most of the site was eventually
excavated during five separate digging seasons between the
years 1973 through 1978. |
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SEPTEMBER
2008 CAST |
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EDEN POINT This Eden point was found
many years ago on the Finley site near Eden, Wyoming. The Finley site is
a bison kill site and some evidence for this can be seen on the tip of
this point in the form of an impact fracture. This small Eden point may
have been resharpened one or more times. It measures 1 9 /16 inches (4
cm) long.
Picture shows impact fracture on the tip of this Finley site Eden point. |
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